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Title Morality as a biological phenomenon : the pre-suppositions of sociobiological research / edited by Gunther S. Stent.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1980]
©1980

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  BJ1311 .M67 1980    Available  ---
Edition Rev. ed.
Description vi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note Edition for 1978 by Dahlem Workshop on Biology and Morals held in Berlin, 1977.
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents 1. Evolution and morals: Concepts of sociobiology / J. Maynard Smith -- Analogs of morality among nonhuman primates / H. Kummer -- On the phylogeny of human morality / N. Bischof -- Social morality norms as evidence of conflict between biological human nature and social system requirements / D.T. Campbell -- Biology of morals from a psychological perspective / P.H. Wolff -- Prosocial behavior of the very young / H.L. Rheingold and D.F. Hay -- Development of moral concepts / E. Turiel -- Psychiatry, biology and morals / F.A. Jenner -- 2. In search of social universals: Literacy and moral rationality / J. Goody -- "Moral universal" from the perspectives of East Asian thought / W. Tu -- Biology and ethics: normative implications / C. Fried -- Ethics as an autonomous theoretical subject / T. Nagel -- 3. Reports on three group discussions: Group one: H.S. Markl, rapporteur -- Group two: G.W. Kowalski, rapporteur -- Group three: R.C. Solomom, rapporteur.
Subject Ethics, Evolutionary -- Congresses.
Ethics, Evolutionary.
Sociobiology -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
Sociobiology -- Philosophy.
Sociobiology.
Biologie -- Philosophie.
Sociobiologie -- Philosophie.
Morale évolutive.
Morale pratique.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Stent, Gunther S. (Gunther Siegmund), 1924-2008.
Dahlem Workshop on Biology and Morals (1977). Morality as a biological phenomenon.
ISBN 0520040295 (paperback)
9780520040298 (paperback)